The Red & Black is a 501c3 nonprofit. Please consider a one-time gift or become a monthly supporter. Cancel anytime. Athens is home to a rich tattoo scene - from Pain and Wonder, established in 1995 ...

The main characters of Jamie Santos’ Saturday art lecture included four of the world’s pioneering female tattoo artists, and a silicon arm named “Armothy.” Santos is an artist and the owner of ...

Laura Craver (right) tattoos Alex Johnson (left) on Friday, June 6, 2025. The tattoo represents his love story with his husband. It includes an illustration of the sequoia tree they got married inside ...

Editor’s note • This story has been updated to include additional context and comments. There’s a neon pink sign, reading “Sugar Dolls,” that greets visitors to Salt Lake City’s Sugar Studios, a ...

Despite cultural taboos, women have been getting tattoos for centuries. In ancient Egypt, women got tattoos as a form of beauty and as a status symbol. Permanent ink was seen for the first time in the ...

SPIRITUAL INK: Kitty Love, a tattoo artist in Asheville since 1996, works with clients on tattoos that mark milestones, honor lost loved ones and help survivors of physical injuries "reclaim their ...

One tattoo is working to restore people's dignity. However, it's not your typical tattoo shop; it is one that strictly ...

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Lorri Thomas, aka “Lady L,” at her tattoo studio at the Ink Spot. Credit: se7enfifteen Lorri “Lady L” Thomas has been tattooing for nearly 20 years, and the last few years of her career have been ...

These artists channel elements of Chinese painting, calligraphy and Buddhism through their needles in a new form of ‘poetic expression’.